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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1924
Page
4
The article highlights Hatcher Hughes a Columbia instructor and playwright of three folk plays seen on Broadway this year. It notes his Appalachian summers living among mountaineers and his 1916 flood inspired his work. The piece also mentions Hughes as the first mountaineer to own a toothbrush with bristles.
Wigs & Cues reveals the principal cast for its April 4 presentation of Seventeen. William Baxter Gene Pertak Lola Pratt Helen Williams Virginia Harrington Mary Parcher Margaret Maryon Gertrude Robin John Watson Babette Oppenheimer Joe Bullitt Catherine Baldwin Genesis Betty Price. Coach is Mr. Boyd Agin, noted for directing the Cincinnati Seventeen and touring with Portmanteau Players. Committees led by Eleanor Pepper Ostuming Christine Einer Rita de Lodyguine.
Professor Harry Overstreet of City College urged replacing warlike debate with an open forum at a March 24 luncheon. He called war psychology insane, praised scientific methods, and endorsed a new city college debate format balancing audience discussion to seek truth rather than victory.
Short items record student elections by year 1925 1926 and 1927. Names of winners not provided. No further context or outcomes available.
Professor John Dewey spoke on freedom and education in a forum on Modern Educational Theories. He argued that freedom is an attainment, not a natural gift, and that continuity of education is essential for intellectual freedom in higher education.
At the Undergraduate meeting on Tuesday March 25 there was no quorum but nominations were made for several officers. Edna Trull presided and discussed a committee on efficiency. Marion Mettler is chairman and elections for President B O S P and Executive Chairman are postponed. Nominees included Madeline Tooke Margaret Irish Mary Armstrong Dorothy Ashworth Florence Andreen Catherine Baldwin Helen Robinson Mosetta White.
Jane Addams, founder of Hull House, Chicago, discusses her Orient experiences and the political motive shaping East side social work. In India, Social Service Teams aim to advance education and aid welfare, advocating western concepts of government. Gandhi opposes industrial depredation of Indian agriculture and warns against replacing farming with industry.
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